Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.www.canadianlawyermag.comexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1692arrow-down14
arrow-up1688arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Canada has an Apology Act which states that saying "sorry" is not an admission of guilt.www.canadianlawyermag.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square57linkfedilink
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·6 months agoBecause someone else’s misfortune is inherently not my responsibility. I can easily express sympathy in another way.
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 months agoYour username is apt!
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·6 months agoWhy do you reject that sorry can be used to express sympathy without assuming responsibility?
minus-squareVupware@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoI was always raised to never say sorry after a car accident or in any scenario where police could be involved. I guess it’s just an extension of that being drilled into my head when I was young!
Because someone else’s misfortune is inherently not my responsibility. I can easily express sympathy in another way.
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Your username is apt!
Why do you reject that sorry can be used to express sympathy without assuming responsibility?
I was always raised to never say sorry after a car accident or in any scenario where police could be involved. I guess it’s just an extension of that being drilled into my head when I was young!